MLB PrizePicks Player Predictions: Thursday (5/25)

Yesterday’s picks didn’t go quite as planned, but as Bill Belichick famously said, “We’re onto Cincinnati.” As usual, Thursday’s slate is limited, but we’re not short of analysis here. Let’s get back on the winning track today.

Thursday's Best MLB PrizePicks Player Predictions

PrizePicks record: 22-14-2

Lucas Giolito Over 5.5 Strikeouts

The Tigers strikeout rate over the last two weeks is lower than usual, but that’s more of a result of the righties they’ve faced. We just saw Zack Greinke, who hardly ever strikes out anyone, manage to find five punch outs against them yesterday in five innings though. The day before, some guy named Mike Mayers struck out eight Detroit batters. So, I think it’s safe to say you can ignore them being 29th in K% over the last 14 days. Over the duration of the season, they have the 10th highest K% (23.5%) and 3rd worst wRC+ (83) against right-handed pitching.